SWCDs HOST TOUR FOR CONGRESSMAN ELLSWORTH

Members of the Posey and Vanderburgh County Soil & Water Conservation Districts (SWCDs) along with
members of the Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) hosted a tour for Congressman Brad
Ellsworth and members of his staff on Saturday, March 31, 2007 

After meeting at the farm of Dave Nurrenbern in southwestern Vanderburgh County for a short power point
presentation on conservation programs and projects, the group visited various agricultural conservation
sites and a Brine remediation site within western Vanderburgh and eastern Posey Counties. Projects visited
included water and sediment control basin systems which have been installed for well over twenty years,
project sites that were planned but  not constructed to get a “before” view of  conservation planning, grassed
waterways and filter strips. All of the above mentioned projects were cost shared with some type of local,
state or federal program.                       

Tour participants included Congressman Brad Ellsworth and aides Jay Houser and Rodney Buchanan,  
Jim Droege, Chairman of Posey County SWCD and President of the Indiana Association of Soil & Water
Conservation Districts (IASWCD), Dave Ellison, Vice Chairman, Vanderburgh County SWCD, Tim Seifert,
President, Posey County Farm Bureau, Tim Hoenert, Don Kuhlenschmidt, Paul Seifert, Ralph Weinzapfel,
Joe Steinkamp, Larry Schmitt, Bill Norfleet, District Conservationist (DC) for Posey County,   Darrell Rice,
DC in Vanderburgh County, Dan Hovland, Assistant State Conservationist, NRCS,. Priscilla Kelly, Posey
County SWCD and Chairman of the Southwestern Indian Brine Coalition shared information with
Congressman Ellsworth on the benefits of brine (salt) remediation while visiting a remediation site at the
farm of Jim and Idella Davis.   

 Thank you to Mt. Vernon General Baptist Church for allowing the districts to use their van during the tour.

          
Vice-Chairman Dave Ellison presenting  Presentation on the CREP Program in         Priscilla Kelly at Brine Site with        
  to Congressman Ellsworth                    the Pigeon Highland Watershed                  Congressman Ellsworth

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